Background
Cone, Spencer Houghton was born on April 30, 1785 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Conant and Alice (Houghton) Cone.
Cone, Spencer Houghton was born on April 30, 1785 in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Son of Conant and Alice (Houghton) Cone.
Educated College of New Jersey (now Princeton), 1797-1799, honorary Doctor of Divinity, 1832.
Treasurer, bookkeeper Baltimore American, 1812. Chaplain United States Congress, 1815-1816. Pastor Baptist Church, Alexandria, Virginia, 1816-1823, 1st Baptist Church, New York City, 1841-1855.
President Baptist General Convention, 1832-1841, American Bible Union, 1837-1850.
Married Salley Morrell, May 10, 1813.